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While tension is rising amongst EU Member States on new pesticide reduction targets, the new ‘Pesticide Atlas’ released today by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Friends of the Earth Europe and PAN Europe shows that the amount of pesticides used worldwide has increased by 80 percent since 1990, causing harm to the health of farmers, consumers and nature alike.
Europe must slash pesticide use to protect people and planet’s healthRead more
17 February 2023 Rectification The quotation marks around “a serious obstacle to climate change mitigation” have been removed from the text below, as this was not a direct quote from the IPCC report. This was a mistake in the editorial process on our part. However, the IPCC report does state that “…international investment agreements may …
At a crunch meeting today, EU energy ministers will discuss Europe-wide responses to skyrocketing energy prices. Ministers are expected to consider options including windfall taxes and targets to reduce demand. The meeting comes after a summer of climate chaos with heatwaves, wildfires, floods and droughts in Europe and around the world, including devastating flooding in …
Energy prices and climate crises must be tackled togetherRead more
As EU diplomats planned to meet for discussions on the draft due diligence law (CSDDD), activists descended on the Council building with an important reminder from civil society, trade unions and the public. Justice is Everybody’s business Activists brought a gigantic ‘Scales of Justice’ to the European heart of Brussels urging EU diplomats to guarantee …
The EU’s strategy to reduce Europe’s gas demand – dubbed, Save Gas for a Safe Winter – in order to prepare for a full gas cut-off by Russia, offers inadequate comfort to people who already cannot afford rising energy bills, and locks us into more climate and health wrecking fossil fuels. The European Commission today …
Winter gas plan needs to mark permanent exit from fossil fuels and energy povertyRead more
The EU’s deal on the ECT risks keeping Europe locked into climate wrecking fossil fuels for years to come. The reform agreed today of one of Europe’s most outdated agreements – the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) – falls short of the original mandate and doesn’t comply with the goals of the Paris agreement or the …
